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Shipping industry absent from decision-makers priorities: Greek shipowners

Sep 06, 2021

Greek shipowners have slammed the fact shipping industry’s “needs are absent from the list of priorities of governmental officials and decision-makers”.

Port of Gothenburg launches berth planner tool

Sep 02, 2021

Internal users have begun to use Port of Gothenburg’s new digital berth planner tool to reduce emissions and improve efficiency.

DNV Maritime boss highlights seafarer crisis once again

Aug 31, 2021

Treatment of seafarers is still falling far short of acceptable standards, according to DNV Maritime CEO, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen.

Hapag-Lloyd orders 75,000 teu of standard containers

Aug 31, 2021

Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another 75,000 teus dry boxes, to further ease the scarcity of empty containers.

Cosco Shipping Ports posts 8.8% container growth in H1

Aug 27, 2021

Cosco Shipping Ports’ total container throughput increased by 8.8% year on year to 62.7m teu in the first half of 2021.

BW LPG says LPG-fuelled vessels will save 1m tons of CO2 emissions

Aug 27, 2021

BW LPG says that retrofitting 15 vessels to use LPG as a fuel will save the company 1m tons of CO2 emissions.

Global shipping fleet value hits all time high of $1.2 trillion

Aug 27, 2021

With the worth of the global merchant shipping fleet at an all-time high of $1.2trn, value of the Greek-owned merchant fleet grew over 32% in the past three years and now stands at $132.58bn, reports consultancy VesselsValue.

Committed to solving green fuel ‘chicken and egg’ – Robert Maersk Uggla

Aug 26, 2021

AP Moller Holding CEO Robert Maersk Uggla says AP Moller – Maersk will create demand for green methanol by ordering ships that will run on it.

LNG-powered ropax christened in Finland

Aug 26, 2021

A new hybrid ropax ferry, Aurora Botnia, ordered by Finland’s Wasaline and built at Rauma Marine Constructions, was christened yesterday at a ceremony in Vaasa, the ferry company’s home town.

ONE opens dedicated container depot in the Port of Hamburg

Aug 25, 2021

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has partnered with United Container Services (UCS) for a dedicated container depot in the Port of Hamburg.

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